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United States Patent | 6,085,150 |
Henry ,   et al. | July 4, 2000 |
A traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) for use in a first aircraft is disclosed. The TCAS includes TCAS circuitry providing output data as a function of a location of an intruder aircraft relative to a location of the first aircraft. A display device coupled to the TCAS circuitry receives the output data. The display device is adapted to provide a graphical representation of the altitude of the intruder aircraft.
Inventors: | Henry; Jeff M. (Cedar Rapids, IA); Suiter; James M. (Cedar Rapids, IA) |
Assignee: | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, IA) |
Appl. No.: | 898661 |
Filed: | July 22, 1997 |
Current U.S. Class: | 701/301; 340/961; 342/29 |
Intern'l Class: | G08G 005/04 |
Field of Search: | 701/1,3,4,14,120,300,301,302 340/903,945,961 342/29,455 |
5227786 | Jul., 1993 | Hancock | 340/961. |